Meaning

1 senses
  1. A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives by inserting its code into other executable files, often causing damage to systems and data.

    Computervirus

    компьютерный вирус

    комп'ю́терний ві́русkompʺjúternyj vírus

More definitions
  • a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

Examples

15 sentences
  1. The computer has a virus.

    У комп'ютері вірус.

    ruВ компьютере вирус.

    deDer Computer hat einen Virus.

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  2. That computer got a virus.

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  3. My computer has a virus.

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  4. A computer virus has infected the Internet.

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  5. I think computer viruses should count as life.

    deIch denke, man sollte Computerviren als Lebensform betrachten.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
computer virus — see also virus:
Русский
By meaning 1
computer virus — see also virus:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
computer virus — see also virus:

Forms

plural: computer viruses / computer viri

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer:virus

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmalware

See also

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